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Pullman Standard Builder's Photo Courtesy of James Kinkaid, used with permission (click on image to see full resolution available)
For more info on the classification cards and "webitizing" them, see this web pageFrom 1952 class book.
or NMRO (Scott Whitney) CDs/DVDsClick on image to see original scan at full resolution (or right-click → "Save Picture As" to download black and white image, to view it at full resolution)
Additional data from Neubauer, Eric. Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including Predecessors (Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production.pdf)
Spec Value Builder Pullman-Standard [Michigan City per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960] Lot # 5877 (Pullman Standard)
62[?] (B&M) [same lot as second 64680 !?]Car Numbers MTC 74000-74024 [per Car Book vol 3, part 3, p9L]
B&M 74125-74499Quantity 500 (B&M) + 250 (MEC 6500-6749) Build Date 1947 [September per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960]
Aug-Sep 1947 per Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including PredecessorsGen. Arrgt. PS 514-F-55G
B&M 5414-B-27Description 40' PS-1 design [early] Lt Weight 45,200 lbs. (average) Cubic Cap'y 3,899 Cu. Ft. Roof Pullman-Standard Ends [4/4] Pullman-Standard Doors [7 panel] Superior per Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including Predecessors
[7' Youngstown per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960]
[7'; 7 panel Superior per James B Van Bokkelen's web site]
[7 panel Superior per Rail Model Journal, March, 1993]
[7'; 7 panel Superior per NEB&W's Guide to HO Scale Steam-Era Fright Car Kits - Revised 29-Jan-1994]Running Boards Apex Steel "Tri-Lok" Brake Step Apex Steel "Tri-Lok" Hand Brake Ajax Air Brake AB 1012 (NY and West) Wheels 33" Cast iron, chilled tread Trucks ASF "A-3" Ride control Journals 5½" x 10" (100,000 lbs nominal capacity) Journal box lids Ry. St. Sp. &c Motor Whl. [??!!] Safety Appliances Creco Side Bearings Stucki Center Sills AAR Z 26", 36.2# Coupler National Mall. "E", bottom operating Coupler Yoke Symington-Gould 3944C Draft Gear Miner A22 x B Brake Beam Davis Brake Beam Safety Support Creco Brake Beam Hangers Schaefer Brake Beam Hangers Retainer Ill. Ry. Eq. Co. Bottom Rod Schaefer Brake Shoes ABS & F Co. Brake Shoe Keys "Lockey" Brake Levers Schaefer Packing Retainers "Hold Rite" Dust Guard Jenkins Brake Pin Cotters Gustin-Bacon Defect Card Holder Motor Whl. Corp From examination of builder's photo Ends Did NOT have the 6 "dimples" (at peak) of later ends
The 2 end pieces were riveted togetherLower-Right grab on end Right end: strap between rib "valleys"
Left end attached to bracket on ribSides 10 panel welded Roof End panels flat (no pressed "stiffeners") End Ladders Right stile straight so bottom 2 rungs are the same length as the others
Separate "grab iron" a few inches from bottom rung of ladderPoling Pockets None From Neubauer, Eric.Evans Products Company Freight Car Roster Notes
1000-1174 Rebuild Spec Value [re]Builder US Railway Equipment Co. (at plant = "BK" = ?)
(per emails with Eric, BK is NOT "Blue Island", or any other USRE facility. it is likely a railroad shop, or perhaps another car builder)Lot # 262 Cubic Cap'y 3,899 Cu. Ft. Date 1960 thru May, 1961
ORER Size Data Description 10/1947 4/1955 10/1966 AAR Mechanical Designation XM XM XM Inside
DimensionsLength 40'-6" 40'-6" 40'-6" Width 9'-2" 9'-2" 9'-2" Height 10'-6" 10'-6" 10'-6" Outside
DimensionsLength 41'-10" 41'-10" 41'-10" Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 10'-5"
9'-4"9'-4"
10'-5"9'-4"
10'-5"Extreme Width 10'-8" 10'-8" 10'-8" Height
from
RailTo Extreme Width 13'-8"
14'-6"14'-6"
13'-8"14'-6"
13'-8"To Eaves or top of sides or platform 14'-6" 14'-6" 14'-6" To Top of Running Board 15'-1" 15'-1" To Extreme Height 15'-1" 15'-1" 15'-1" Door - Side
openingWidth 7' 7' 7' Height 9'-10" 9'-10" 9'-10" Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 3899 3899 3899 Pounds 100000 100000 100000
ORER History ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)Car
Numbers# of
CarsDescription Derivatives/rebuilds 1947 - 10 74000-74499 500 Box, Steel 1948 - 01 (same) 1948 - 04 (same) 1948 - 07 " 498 " 1948 - 10 (same) 1949 - 01 (same) 1949 - 04 (same) 1949 - 07 " 496 " 1949 - 10 (same) 1950 - 01 (same) 1950 - 04 (same) 1950 - 07 (same) 1950 - 10 (same) 1951 - 01 (same) 1951 - 04 " 495 " 1951 - 07 " 494 " 1951 - 10 (same) 1952 - 01 " 493 " 1952 - 04 " 492 " 1952 - 07 (same) 1952 - 10 (same) 1953 - 01 (same) 1953 - 04 (same) 1953 - 07 (same) 1953 - 10 (same) 1954 - 01 (same) 1954 - 04 (same) 1954 - 07 (same) 1954 - 10 " 490 " 1955 - 01 (same) 1955 - 04 (same) 1955 - 07 (same) 1955 - 10 (same) 1956 - 01 (same) 1956 - 04 " 489 " 1956 - 07 (same) 1956 - 10 (same) 1957 - 01 (same) 1957 - 04 (same) 40 cars to 67000 series 1957 - 07 " 448 " 1957 - 10 (same) 1958 - 01 " 447 " 1958 - 04 " 446 " 1958 - 07 (same) 1958 - 10 (same) 1959 - 01 (same) 1959 - 04 (same) 1959 - 07 (same) 1959 - 10 (same) 1960 - 01 (same) 1960 - 04 " 445 " 1960 - 07 (same) 1960 - 10 " 444 " 1961 - 01 " 268 " 1000-1174 175 1961 - 04 Not listed (same) 4000-4063 64 1961 - 07 74000-74499 40 " (same) 4000-4499 " 1961 - 10 " 14 " (same) " 50 1962 - 01 " 15 " (same) (same) 1962 - 04 " 10 " " 174 (same) 1962 - 07 (same) (same) (same) 1962 - 10 (same) (same) (same) 1963 - 01 Not listed " 173 Not listed 1963 - 04 (same) 1963 - 07 (same) 4000-4499 12 1963 - 10 (same) " 6 1964 - 01 (same) Not listed 1964 - 04 (same) 1964 - 07 (same) 1964 - 10 (same) 1965 - 01 (same) 1965 - 04 (same) 1965 - 07 (same) 1965 - 10 (same) 1966 - 01 " 172 1966 - 04 (same) 1966 - 07 (same) 1966 - 10 (same) 1967 - 01 " 171 1967 - 04 (same) 1967 - 07 " 170 1967 - 10 " 169 1968 - 01 (same) 1968 - 04 (same) 1968 - 07 (same) 1968 - 10 " 167 1969 - 01 (same) 1969 - 04 (same) 1969 - 07 (same) 1969 - 10 " 166 1970 - 01 (same) 1970 - 04 (same) 1970 - 07 (same) 1970 - 10 (same) 1971 - 01 (same) 1971 - 04 " 165 1971 - 07 (same) 1971 - 10 " 123 1972 - 01 (same) 1972 - 04 " 99 1972 - 07 (same) 1972 - 10 (same) 1973 - 01 " 67 1973 - 04 " 58 1973 - 07 " 55 1973 - 11 " 47 1974 - 01 (same) 1974 - 04 " 37 1974 - 07 (same) 1974 - 10 " 27 1975 - 01 (same) 1975 - 04 " 26 1975 - 07 " 22 1975 - 10 " 19 1976 - 01 " 18 1976 - 04 (same) 1976 - 07 Not listed
1000 and 4000 series both were labeled as "Box, Steel"
- Per Tim Gilbert
750 boxcars were purchased from Pullman Standard in 1947 - 500 of them going to the B&M as their #74000-74499, and the other 250 to the Maine Central as their #6500-6749. Cars were equipped with 7 panel Superior doors. They were examples of early PS-1 production.In 1958, forty of the B&M's cars were equipped with four overhead grain loading hatches, and renumbered in the #67000-67039 series. These cars were temporarily classed as AAR "LC", but were soon reclassed to "XM"
In 1961, 175 of the "normal" #74000s were subject to a "sale/leaseback" arrangement with US Railway Equipment Co., and renumbered into the #1000-#1174 series. The remaining survivors were disposed of, although the #4000-4499 series was used temporarily as a "clearing" account. The net result of all these maneuverings meant that there were 269 fewer cars of the nee #74000 series on the B&M owned or leased. US Railway Equipment Co. probably got them for their own lease fleet. These 269 cars could probably be deemed surplus on account of the 1538 boxcars purchased in 1956-1957 concurrent with the decline of freight tonnage requiring boxcars. The #1000 series paint scheme was the standard McGinnis "Black and Blue" one applied to 40' boxcars.
- Per Railway Age (Aug 13, 1927, p291) and/or B&MRRHS Newsletter (Nov-Dec 2000 issue, p6)
#74000-74024 had MTC (rather than B&M) reporting marks- Per B&M RR Employees' Magazine Dec, 1946 (vol 18 No. 12), p13
The Boston and Maine Railroad placed an order for 500 new box cars in November [1946], estimated to cost approximately $1,870,000.The new cars will be 40 feet long, with a weight capacity of 50 tons, while their interior space, 3,898 cubic feet, will make them the largest capacity 40-foot box cars ever owned by the railroad.
The order was placed with the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company for earliest possible delivery
- Differences between the "pre-1950" and later PS-1 designs
Kadee has a very nice flier illustrating the differences between the "pre-1950" PS-1 design and later carsThis was first brought to my attention on the main@RealSTMFC.groups.io list, in a thread titled "Kadee early PS-1" (started 02-Mar-2021)
In a reply in the thread, Ed Hawkins comments on the roof designs:
The two roof versions are the original (but short-lived) PS-1 welded roof and alternate PS-1 roof.
The alternate roof is like the post-1950 roof except lacking crosswise pressed corrugations on the two roof sheets adjacent to the ends.Railroads matching the existing [pre-1950?] Kadee PS-1 bodies with 10-panel welded sides include the following.
LV, BM, CGW, KCS, MEC, NYC (original PS-1 welded roof)
ATSF, COPR, CMO, CNW, DSS&A, NH, P&WV, Southern, UP (alternate early-version riveted PS-1 roof)- in Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IV: Claremont Branch... p129 - list of cars picked up at B&M interchange 1955-04-25:
BM 74070 with a load of wood pulp from Boston, MA for Claremont Paper
BM 74113 with a load of wood pulp from Boston, MA for Claremont Paper- in Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IV: Claremont Branch... p129 - "Yard check" 1955-04-25 (same date as above):
BM 74248 at Claremont [NH] Paper Mill, marked "Out"- Per post in main@RealSTMFC.groups.io (thread title "Early LV PS-1", in reply by Ed Hawkins Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:33:18 PDT
Tim and Fred,
The LV cars in question received a welded PS-1 roof that only 9 series of PS-1 box cars received. This roof applied to 5,500 cars built for 8 railroads LV, CGW, BM, MEC, KCS, C&O, NKP, NYC, plus a single “experimental” car PSX-1.
Apparently it was determined early-on in PS-1 production that the welded roofs had a problem, so after 1,000 NYC PS-1 box cars were built ca. 3-48, the welded roof was never-again used.
Attached is a snippet of a MEC PS-1 built 10-47 to illustrate the appearance of roof sheet joints applicable to LV’s first PS-1 box car order and the other early PS-1s that received the welded PS-1 roof. Kadee does have this welded roof on their recent LV model as well as a NYC model previously released.Regards,
Ed HawkinsFrom later comments it appears all you need to do is remove the rivets, but there may be more to it than that?
Volume number refers original book number
Part number refers to PDF file part as posted on B&MRRHS site
Page numbers refer to pages in PDF file(s) (L/R = Left or Right side of that PDF page)
NOTE: once cars get renumbered into "company service" (zero + number, or W/M/S numbers), the following actions are my "best guess" as to what happened to the car (due to gaps in records, and the re-use of numbers)
Car Number(s) Vol Part Page Date Action Location New # Notes MTC 74000-74024 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74025-74247 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74248-74257 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74258 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74259 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74260 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74261-74268 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74269 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74270-74275 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74276-74304 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74305 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74306-74490 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74491-74492 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74493 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN 74494-74499 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN Car Number(s) Vol Part Page Date Action Location New # Notes 74026 4 7 8L 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67034 to box [with roof hatches] 74039 4 7 4L 1957-06-21 Renumber Concord 67017 to box [with roof hatches] 74051 3 5 5R 1949-02-08 Destroyed on C&NW 74056 4 7 7L 1957-09-27 Renumber Concord 67026 to box [with roof hatches] 74057 4 6 11R 1957-04-23 Renumber Concord 67001 to box [with roof hatches] 74093 4 7 8L 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67035 to box [with roof hatches] 74116 3 7 5L 1951-01-17 Destroyed on NYC 74119 4 7 4L 1957-06-06 Renumber Concord 67010 to box [with roof hatches] 74124 5 2 7L 1959-11-21 Destroyed on StLSW 74129 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67025 to box [with roof hatches] 4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC 74130 4 7 2L 1957-05-08 Renumber Concord 67006 to box [with roof hatches] 74131 4 7 7L 1957-09-23 Renumber Concord 67021 to box [with roof hatches] 74146 4 7 4L 1957-06-14 Renumber Concord 67012 to box [with roof hatches] 4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC 74156 4 7 4L 1957-06-14 Renumber Concord 67013 to box [with roof hatches] 74170 4 7 2L 1957-05-28 Renumber Concord 67009 to box [with roof hatches] 74176 4 7 7L 1957-09-23 Renumber Concord 67022 to box [with roof hatches] 74189 4 7 9R 1957-11-01 Renumber Concord 67037 to box [with roof hatches] 74193 4 6 11R 1957-04-18 Renumber Concord 67000 to box [with roof hatches] 74195 4 7 4L 1957-06-21 Renumber Concord 67016 to box [with roof hatches] 74197 4 7 4L 1957-06-19 Renumber Concord 67014 to box [with roof hatches] 74204 3 5 7L 1948-12-04 Destroyed on Wabash 74206 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67023 to box [with roof hatches] 74224 4 7 8L 1957-10-04 Renumber Concord 67030 to box [with roof hatches] 74232 4 7 8R 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67029 to box [with roof hatches] 74233 4 7 9R 1957-11-01 Renumber Concord 67036 to box [with roof hatches] 74241 4 7 9R 1957-11-15 Renumber Concord 67038 to box [with roof hatches] 74253 4 7 9R 1957-11-15 Renumber Concord 67039 to box [with roof hatches] 74265 4 7 2L 1957-05-23 Renumber Concord 67007 to box [with roof hatches] 74271 3 7 4R 1950-11-28 Destroyed on Southern 74277 4 6 8R 1957-01-25 Destroyed on PRR 74279 4 7 9R 1957-11-25 Destroyed on GM&O 74282 4 7 7L 1957-09-27 Renumber Concord 67027 to box [with roof hatches] 74292 4 7 4L 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67019 to box [with roof hatches] 74298 4 6 11R 1957-04-30 Renumber Concord 67003 to box [with roof hatches] 74301 4 7 8R 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67028 to box [with roof hatches] 74311 4 1 2R 1954-06-20 Destroyed on MKT 74320 4 7 4R 1957-06-19 Renumber Concord 67015 to box [with roof hatches] 74321 4 7 7L 1957-08-05 Destroyed on NYC 74327 4 7 8R 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67032 to box [with roof hatches] 74330 3 10 1R 1953-07-12 Destroyed on Pacific RR 74351 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67024 to box [with roof hatches] 74359 4 7 4R 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67018 to box [with roof hatches] 74361 3 7 10L 1951-08-27 Destroyed on PRR 74365 4 7 2L 1957-05-28 Renumber Concord 67008 to box [with roof hatches] 74402 3 8 3L 1951-12-03 Destroyed on PRR 74428 4 7 4R 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67020 to box [with roof hatches] 74436 4 7 2L 1957-05-14 Renumber Concord 67005 to box [with roof hatches] 74438 3 4 5R 1948-03-29 Destroyed on CGW 74440 4 7 8R 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67033 to box [with roof hatches] 4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC 74451 4 7 8R 1957-10-04 Renumber Concord 67031 to box [with roof hatches] 74462 4 6 11R 1957-04-25 Renumber Concord 67002 to box [with roof hatches] 74468 4 7 4R 1957-06-10 Renumber Concord 67011 to box [with roof hatches] 74475 4 2 5L 1955-10-16 Destroyed on C&NW 74482 4 7 2L 1957-05-02 Renumber Concord 67004 to box [with roof hatches] 74493 3 4 5L 1948-02-17 Destroyed on Carolina & NW
- As delivered
- Originally, these cars were "box car red" (brown) with white lettering
Minuteman herald- After sale/leaseback as 1000-1174
- per Northern New England Color Guide, painted same as 76000s
- McGinnis (post 1956?)
- side: left - blue, right - black. Door black. ? ends. ? roof. large (approx 8' high) "+BM" herald ("+" on door, "B" over "M")
- "One off" McGinnis scheme (1955)
- see photo of 74471 below
Page Car # Photo Date
yr-mo-dayVisible? Markings Paint
SchemeHerald Notes 
Mainline Modeler Issue date included in "page" column 12/1982 p68 74305 1947 X B BM R R AB N N N N N Original Original builder's photo Blodgett, BG and Richards, RR Jr. Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region Vol 1 Bauhan Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-0-87233-305-5 p166 1124 1964-09-23 X A BM R R N N N N N N Rebuild Intertwined BM 2 photos, I assume same car. Car # from text B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue No. included in "page" column No 6 p2 74350 1956? X AB N N N N N McGinnis "+BM" Superior door. reshop date 9/56. Bob's Photos (photo "number" in "page" column, collection in "Note" column) ? 74102 X B Original Original ?ER Batson coll? BM040 1133? 1971-05-02 X 76000 76000 partially blocked by truck. Superior? door Rolling Stock Replicas (H Shaner photo, G Melvin coll) All these are at Rockingham Jct. MTC 74015 ca. 1952 A end view, looks to be parked as baggage/LCL "house" MTC 74015 ca. 1952 X side view, in background. Superior door (7 panel) MTC 74015 ca. 1952 A another end view NMRO (Scott Whitney) CDs/DVDs (as of 18-Apr-2020)
I will have one line (sort of) telling the CD & folder path, then individual car listings will have filename in "page" columnPath: Photos → B&W Historic → Deerfield-North 0232.tif 74316 X BM R R N N N N N N Original Original BM253.tif 74316 X BM R R N N N N N N Original Original Same as 0232.tif, but better scan BM256.tif 74316 p BM R R N N N N N N Original Original Same location/car as 0232.tif, BM253.tif? Path: Photos → B&W Historic → Hoosac-Mechanicville BM243.tif 74343? X A BM R R N N N N N N Original Original B&M RR Magazine Jan, 1948 (vol 16 No. 1)
Article on new 74000 series boxcarsp5 74031 1948? X A BM R R N N N N N N original Original Kaminski, Edward S. Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960 Signature Press, 2007 p56 (lower-middle) 1089 "early 1960s" Y X B BM R R N N N N N N McGinnis intertwined "BM" Sale/Leaseback Canadian Freight Railcar Gallery (as of 29-Aug-2020)
"American Railroads" → "Boston & Maine"
Then scroll down to find the photo.BM 74305 1947 X B BM R R AB N N N N N Original Original builder's photo Box 74471
You may have to join this group to see the photos
Alternative URL: https://groups.io/g/BM-RR → Photo Albums → B&M Train → Box 7447174471 X X BM R R AB N N N N N "Dark"? (black?) Large intertwined BM in white while/light colored door (is this a model?) NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "Box car".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=1126681113 Y X p BM R R N N? N N N N 76000 76000 NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "Hey Look its McGuinness".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=1123631000 1970-02 Y X BM R R N Y N N N N 76000 76000 Superior door Pullman Library, James Kinkaid Collection
If above doesn't work, try https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com
Then "Railroad - B" then scroll down74305 1947-09? X B p BM R R AB N N N N N original original(MM) Builder's Photo, Superior door B&MRRHS Facebook group 1097 after 1966-03 Y X A BM R R N N N N N N rebuild Large intertwined BM in white Boston & Maine Railroad Modeler's Group on Facebook
Direct link
You may need to join the group to see the photo?
Also available at this link?74471 1955-12 X BM R R AB N N N N N "One-off" Large intertwined BM in blue and white Blue?? Superior door Boston & Maine Railroad Modeler's Group on Facebook
Direct link
You may need to join the group to see the photo?74350 1957 Y X A BM R R AB N N N N N "One-off" Large intertwined "+BM" in blue and white Superior door, experimental paint scheme,
may not have been used in revenue service?Rail Goat web site (as of 29-Jan-2022) 74305 1947-09? X B p BM R R AB N N N N N original original(MM) Builder's Photo, Superior door (same as above) B&MRRHS Highliner Issue No. included in "page" column No 1 p11 1164 early 1960s? Xp BM R R N N N N N N rebuild Large intertwined BM Superior door. (photo labelled "late 1950s" but cars weren't renumbered until 1961)
Date Quantity New Numbers Description 1958 40 67000-67039 Renumbered, Equipped with 4 overhead grain loading hatches 1961 175 1000-1174 US Railway Equipment Co. Sale/leaseback 1961 64 4000-4499 End-of-lease renumbering of cars not moved to 1000-1174
Many models of PS-1s have been produced. Perhaps the best (HO) ones are the Kadee and Intermountain, both of which have produced B&M decorated cars, although I don't have details right now. Be careful (particularly) with the door sizes/types and the 6 dimples at the peak of the ends. (note the 74000 series did NOT have them!)
As Kadee releases the B&M cars in small batches, I am not going to list them all hereCon-Cor also has a 40' (I think) PS-1 model (look on their web site under "HO - kits") of unknown accuracy for the B&M (none are decorated for the B&M). Make sure you look at the "regular" door ones, not the "insulated - plug door" ones. Still available as of Dec-2020
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #24 (Jan, 1992) Weaver had an O scale PS-1 available. Unknown accuracy for the B&M, unknown if any were painted for the B&M
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #38 (Jul, 1995) the McKean PS-1 kit might be better for these as it is closer to the "pre-1950 changes" design (no 6 "dimples" in the end, no crossbearer at center of door, side sill tabs different, 2 roof end panels "flat")
Note Walthers did a HO scale 40' PS-1 "early" design, which has correct ends, and probably most other details, except it has a 6' Superior door (not 7' as the B&M had).
Undec kit Part #910-2350, still visible on their web site as of Feb, 2021 (but listed "out of stock")Also MTH had a PS-1, now being produced by Scaletrains (although none that I know of painted for the B&M)
More modeling information can be found on James B. Van Bokkelen's web site:
B&M Roster Info
Details on this car series
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